The St. Lawrence University softball team dropped their two Wednesday games, falling 12-4 in five innings to Buffalo State before taking a 7-1 defeat against MIT in the back half.
 

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Game 1: St. Lawrence 4, Buffalo State 12 (5 Inn.)

Much like they did in their first contest, Buffalo State wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. They pieced together a two-out rally in the top half of the first inning, with a double, single and error each scoring a run and it was 3-0.

The score remained that was as Saints starter Izzy Melanson settled into the game, when the Saints got some offense down 3-0 in the third. Caelen Jahnle and Emily Wendt both reached base with nobody out.

Maeve Thompson then worked the count full and drove an RBI single back where it came from – that brought the Saints within two. Up next, Isabel Moreno came up clutch again, driving a two-run double into the right-center gap to tie the game 3-3.

The Bengals mustered more offense in the next half-inning, plating three runs once again by getting after Melanson early. Bengals starter Izzy Pezdek helped herself with a leadoff double, and kickstarted an inning that put Buffalo State up 6-3.

In the fourth, St. Lawrence used some head-up baserunning to score. Madison Connelly reached base via a walk, then advanced on a passed ball to get into scoring position. She was eventually driven in by Emily Wendt with an RBI single, cutting the Buffalo State lead to two again.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Bengals got a big inning, scoring six times to end the game via the eight-run rule.

That two-run double gave Moreno the team lead in RBIs with two. Emily Wendt also added her first RBI of the season on her one-hit day.
 

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Game 2: MIT 7, St. Lawrence 1

St. Lawrence starting pitcher Marleigh Monroe came into the game dealing, striking out the side against MIT's best at the top of the order. St. Lawrence sent Allison Kloft to the basepaths with a base on balls, but that's all they got in the bottom half as both pitchers enjoyed clean first innings.

Monroe surrendered a leadoff double in the top of the second but got the next two outs and kept the runner on second, until Julia Mattiace came up with a shot into the right-center gap for an RBI triple, breaking the game open for the Engineers and making it 1-0.

They added three runs in the third, with the last two coming on fielding errors with two outs. That clutch offense led to a 4-0 MIT lead entering the fourth.

St. Lawrence had their first scoring threat of the afternoon in that fourth inning. Moreno kicked it off with a one-out walk, Marleigh Monroe reached on a fielder's choice, and Leah VerSchneider broke through with a single to pack the sacks. Marina Juan then came up clutch again, singling to center field and bringing in the Saints' first run of the game. They'd leave them loaded, however, and headed to the fifth down 4-1.

MIT then went back to work offensively, with Mattiace plating two more runs in the dying stages of an inning. She smacked a two-out, two-run double to the warning track to make it 6-1 Engineers. They tacked on another run in the seventh to wrap the game at 7-1.

The Saints produced four hits over the course of the game, each by a different player. Abby Gallas, Jahnle, Juan, and VerSchneider all got on the board.
 

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Up Next:

St. Lawrence resumes play with two more tough tests on Thursday, as they get set to play Colby at 10 a.m. and Carleton at 12:30 p.m.